Hillary Clinton's national vote total lead is at more than 700,000 even as president-elect Donald Trump moves ahead with his plans for the White House. And while efforts to have the Electoral College revolt and hand the victory to Clinton continue, the chances of that happening are almost non-existent.

The latest national vote totals have Clinton at 61,350,758 votes - or 48 percent - compared to Trump's 60,583,838 or 47 percent. Those totals - a 0.4 percent drop in voter turnout from 2012 - gives the advantage to Clinton by 766,920 even vote counting continues. Clinton's margin is expected to grow as votes come in from heavily Democratic states, making her the fifth candidate to win the popular vote but lose the election, joining Al Gore in 2000; Andrew Jackson in 1824; Samuel Tilden in 1876; and Grover Cleveland in 1888.

It's the Electoral College votes that matter in the end, however, and in those totals Trump is at 290 - 20 more than the victory threshold - compared to Clinton's 228, bolstered by Republican wins in Florida, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The difference between the popular vote and the Electoral College totals has led to calls by Clinton supporters for an uprising among the 538 electoral delegates when they meet to cast their official votes on Dec. 19. A petition on change.org urging delegates to swap their votes based on popular vote totals has amassed more than 4.3 million signatures since it was launched Nov. 10.

The chances of that happening are almost nil, however.

The U.S. Constitution gives electors a good deal of leeway when it comes to casting their ballots, though, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, about 30 of the 50 states have laws that bind electors to vote in accordance with their respective state's popular vote. Failure to do so could result in a fine, something organizers of the change.org petition note that Clinton supporters would likely be happy to pay. There is some precedence for delegates changing their votes, though it's only happened nine times since 1948 and those switches never altered the outcome of the elections.

"It would be shocking, to say the least, and highly unlikely," a Vox analysis noted. "After all, why would Republicans want to give the election to Hillary?"

An Electoral College revolt would also require an organized national effort, as electors meet in individual states and not at one gathering place like a political convention. The Electoral College ballots are then sent to various locations, including the Vice-President in his role as president of the Senate, and each state's Secretary of State. The ballots aren't officially counted until Jan. 6, 2017 - two weeks before the inauguration.

Any change in the Electoral College system results at that point would be chaos.

Trump's current margin of victory in the Electoral College is 62 votes - an insurmountable lead even if a few delegates did go rogue against their own party's nominee. And, in the unlikely event that at least 270 delegates didn't cast their ballots for Trump and the change over wasn't enough to push Clinton past the threshold, the election would go the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, with each state having one vote. That scenario would most likely result in Trump being declared the winner.

Efforts to change Electoral College

While the apparent Electoral College loopholes won't change the outcome of this presidential race, they may spur actions towards reforming the entire election system.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, there have been several efforts to overhaul the Electoral College since the controversial 2000 election in which Gore won the popular vote but George W. Bush won the White House. The suggested changes involve switching to a district system - similar to how primary delegates are awarded -or using only the popular vote to select the president.

Those efforts, known as the National Popular Vote, would allow states to bypass the Electoral College without amending the U.S. Constitution. The NPV efforts would require states to give all of its electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote - in this case Clinton - rather than the party that wins the state popular vote.

Currently, 10 states and the District of Columbia have passed NPV measures but the bills would only take effect when states with a majority of the electoral votes have passed similar legislation. Currently, 165 electoral votes are pledged to the NPV compact, about 105 short of the 270 threshold.